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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Maya Yang

NPR announces it will lay off approximately 10% of its workforce

The headquarters for National Public Radio in Washington DC.
The headquarters for National Public Radio in Washington DC. Photograph: Charles Dharapak/AP

NPR will lay off approximately 10% of its workforce, or around 100 employees, the company announced on Wednesday.

In an internal memo sent to employees and reported by the Washington Post, the NPR chief executive, John Lansing, said the layoffs came largely as a result of declining advertising revenue.

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